A massive explosion flattened entire forests in a remote region of Eastern Siberia along the Tunguska River in the early morning of June 30, 1908. Surprisingly, the explosion left no crater, posing a mystery that has puzzled scientists ever since: … Read More
NASA is getting ready to launch a new set of X-ray eyes into space. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE, is the first space observatory of its kind, designed to study some of the universe’s most energetic objects – … Read More
Alongside advances in space exploration, we’ve recently seen much time and money invested into technologies that could allow effective space resource utilisation. And at the forefront of these efforts has been a laser-sharp focus on finding the best way to produce oxygen on … Read More
For the first time, astronomers have discovered evidence for a giant planet orbiting a tiny, dead white dwarf star. And, surprisingly, the Neptune-sized planet is more than four times the diameter of the Earth-sized star it orbits. “This star has … Read More
If you’re swimming in a large volume of water, i’s difficult to judge the properties of distant floating objects with exacting precision, and the same is true for our star system as it swirls around the galaxy. This is perhaps … Read More
If you travel through a black hole, where do you go? So here you are, on the verge of falling into a black hole. What could possibly await you if, against all odds, you manage to survive? Where would you … Read More